Radio Don Bosco (Radio Dom), an online radio station established by Salesian missionaries and students in 2017 in Curitiba, Brazil, has been awarded first place in the radio journalism category by the Association of Public Defenders of the State of Ceará. This award, announced on

Dom Bosco Catholic University (UCDB) in Campo Grande, Brazil, has been hosting a drive-in vaccination center since mid-2021. It was the first and only one in the city’s northern region. In just five months of operation, the center administered 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Students, parents and staff of the Salesian Mons. Luiz Lasagna Institute and the Salesian University UniSALESIANO, both based in Araçatuba, Brazil, planted 100 ipê, which is a flowering plant of the Bignoniaceae family. The goal of the initiative was to promote integration, education and environmental

Salesian missionaries in Brazil provide education and social support to Indigenous communities and help to support those living in poverty and at risk of social exclusion. Salesian Brother Tarley Nunes da Mata, the head of the Indigenous Documentation Center in Campinápolis, in the Brazilian state

The Salesian Province of Brazil-Campo Grande’s Ambulant Missionary Assistance (AMA) project has begun drilling nine artesian wells in the Indigenous villages of Sangradouro and at the São José Indigenous State School. The wells will be between 131 and 197 feet (40 and 60 meters) deep,

Gabriel Fernandes, a 17-year-old student from Parque Dom Bosco, won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, an international prize created in 1997. Fernandes, assisted by Professor Fernanda Poleza, created a low-cost solution that improves water quality by retaining plastic particles with a special filter. The created

Don Bosco College in Manaus, Brazil, is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. In 2019, Don Bosco College started assessing the need for a local kindergarten and how it could accommodate that within the building’s current structure. The renovation was completed this year and in

Salesian missionaries in Iauaretê, Brazil, have opened a new shelter for Indigenous homeless youth. Salesians will welcome children and teens who are alone and abandoned to ensure that their basic needs are met and they receive access to education.

The Salesian Province of Brazil-Recife organized a live show to help raise funds for families in need. The show aired on the province’s YouTube channel, as well as on the channel of singer-songwriter Father João Carlos Ribeiro and on FM radio through Dom Bosco Fortaleza.

Don Bosco Educational Center, located in Natal, Brazil, received 1.5 tons of non-perishable food to distribute to families in need who are assisted by the center in the Lagoa Azul neighborhood and surrounding areas. The food was collected as part of the Brazilian army’s “Help